Altadena Heritage’s Water-Wise Landscaping Workshop Series

Altadena Heritage will be conducting a series of water-wise landscaping workshops on transforming your front yard into a beautiful and sustainable garden.

The series will have three sessions on September 12 and 17 and on October 24.

The first and third sessions will be on-site workshops and the second session will be a free presentation by experts about designing your front yard using drought-tolerant plants. This presentation will be held at the Altadena Community Center, 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Horticulturist Debby Figoni is leading the hands-on workshop and is offering up her lawn as the main “classroom.” She will be providing quick reference design sheets focusing on water-wise plants and irrigation, and share her experiences with project changes and lessons learned.

Figoni is a water conservation analyst who practices what she teaches. She has transformed her lawn-dominated yard into an award-winning water wise wonderland. She has also created a variety of outreach materials to help residents create happy and healthy gardens.

Figoni teaches workshops around Southern California enthusiastically motivating people to create their own water-wise and sustainable landscapes.

The other featured speakers are Herman Quezada who has been teaching efficient irrigation and water-wise landscaping classes for 15 years, and Mark Goldschmidt, a retired landscape architect who will spell out the basics of landscape design and offer suggestions on how to get started transforming your home landscape.

Quezada has a landscape company that creates drought-tolerant landscapes and has installed automatic irrigation systems in the area.

The cost of the first and third workshops is $5 for Altadena Heritage members and $15 dollars for non-members.

Session 1 covers lawn removal and basic landscape design while session 3 covers on-site planting, plans and irrigation.

Space is limited and interested participants are advised to reserve space by sending an email to altadenaheritage@earthlink.net.

For tickets to the paid sessions (1 and 3) and to RSVP for Session 2, visit www.altadenaHeritage.org/water-wise-landscaping-workshop. Upon payment, address of the on-site activity will be provided.

For on-site sessions, remember to wear comfortable shoes, bring water and a hat.